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UFCW members attended the Young Workers Committee hosted by the New Jersey chapter of the AFL-CIO to learn how to help young members become more active in the labor movement.

This month, members from UFCW Locals 464A, 1360 and UFCW/RWDSU Local 108 attended the New Jersey State AFL-CIO Young Workers Committee. The New Jersey state program is part of a larger national program committed to strengthen young worker involvement in the labor movement. Young workers from across the state attended the AFL-CIO’s statewide conference where they met labor leaders including AFL-CIO secretary treasurer Elizabeth Shuler.  They discussed ways to all support each other in their efforts to activate younger rank and file members in the labor movement. UFCW members were excited  to meet other AFL-CIO members who together, will support ongoing efforts to build a stronger labor movement with more involvement of younger workers.

America’s labor unions will focus on the challenges facing working families, particularly women through a series of activities leading up to the June 23 White House Summit on Working Families.

A broad coalition of national labor unions and worker organizations will join together in the week prior to the summit to raise awareness and mobilize support for collective action as a solution to the challenges facing the nation’s working women, from equal pay to raising the minimum wage to sick leave and fair scheduling. The week’s activities will culminate with an event on Sunday, June 22, where 150 workers from around the country will gather for a forum.

A brief outline of the issues that will be at the center of the labor organizations’ activities this week are as follows:

Wednesday, June 18: Raising Wages
• Minimum wage
• Tipped workers
• Child care workers

Thursday, June 19: Working Women
• Study on working women
• Walmart moms
• Child care

Friday, June 20: Collective Action
• Importance of collective bargaining
• The stories of America’s workers

Sunday, June 22: Working Families Speak Up!
• Join a broad coalition of unions and worker organizations to lift up working family voices in advance of the White House Summit on Working Families

Where: AFL-CIO Headquarters, 815 16th Street, NW,
Washington, D.C.When: 3- 7 pm ET